Calacanis: No More Blogging
July 14th, 2008 by Benjamin KuoJason Calacanis, the oft-quoted blogger who is CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com, said today that he’s retiring from blogging. You can read more on his blog posting on why, but he said he’s going to “try and build a deeper relationship with fewer people” through an email list instead.
I don’t know if Jason will be able to quit cold turkey (if nothing else, he’s known for his ability, and need, to express an opinion–usually controversial–about anything). The interesting thing I find about all of this is that the Silicon Valley bloggers consider Calacanis an “A-List” blogger, but of the many, many folks I talk to in Southern California’s technology/business community, very few actually read his blog. (Calacanis was the founder of Weblogs, Inc. which was acquired by AOL; he also is now an angel investor in a number of firms here, and a board member at Santa Monica-based ThisNext). I’m not sure if that says more about Silicon Valley’s blog culture, or Southern California’s adoption of blogs…
